Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	204% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 12:25
Run Duration	307 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 531 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 203 Parallax 192 143% 190 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 172 Splatting 127 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 244 244 242 240 239 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,839 Write 1,288 Mixed 485 SusWrite 288 215% 975 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 51.2 214% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1128 DQ Write 1,032 DQ Mixed 784 669% 981 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 236%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 310GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 435 461 462 447 452 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 456 Mixed 327 SusWrite 449 92% 405 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 37 156% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 315 239% 323 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 115GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 975 985 976 958 960 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 747 Write 999 Mixed 640 SusWrite 973 190% 840 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 51.5 243% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,690 DQ Write 967 DQ Mixed 1,038 850% 1,232 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 230%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 930GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1974 2037 1290 1152 1152 1152 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,273 Write 1,954 Mixed 1,611 SusWrite 1,460 409% 1,824 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 91 291% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,947 DQ Write 1,080 DQ Mixed 1329 1,038% 1,452 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 372%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 96 97 97 96 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 95.5 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 95.4 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 105%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	483x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16